‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

It's not impossible to translate a video game to the big screen, but Genki Kawamura's film version of a Japanese puzzle ...
The New Yorker

“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, “Exit 8,” a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in ...
Wargamer

"We had one shot": How first-time board game designers turned Whisker Wars into a crowdfunding success, despite "terrifying" tariffs

I spoke to Glasshouse Games, a debut board game publisher who chanced crowdfunding at the height of the US-China trade war.
XDA Developers on MSN

I vibe-coded a fully functional game with Claude Code, and it doesn't look vibe-coded at all

Claude code just turned me into something of a game developer ...
Los Angeles Times

Epic Games lays off 1,000 employees, citing dip in ‘Fortnite’ popularity

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 employees and cutting $500 million in costs, citing declining engagement ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Python blood could hold the secret to healthy weight loss

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...
Kotaku

Take-Two Boss Calls The Idea That AI Could Create Something Like GTA 6 ‘Laughable’

Strauss Zelnick does think AI can help speed up some parts of game development, but is skeptical it can do much more than that AI GTA 6 Rockstar Games Strauss Zelnick Take Two AI-generation tools and ...
The New Yorker

The Creator of Wordle Tries to Solve the Cryptic Crossword

The day Josh Wardle sold Wordle to the New York Times, in 2022, for more than a million dollars, should have been a moment of triumph. The game, which gives players six chances to guess a five-letter ...
TV Guide

How to Watch the Ole Miss vs Georgia Game Live on 10/18 Without Cable

The Ole Miss Rebels took down the Georgia Bulldogs last year in Oxford, Mississippi, but it wasn't enough to get them to the SEC Championship Game. Now in 2025, Lane Kiffin's Rebels are one of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nintendo Released Its First ‘Pokémon’ Games 30 Years Ago. Here’s How the Beloved Catchable ‘Pocket Monsters’ Became the World’s Biggest Media Franchise

The phenomenon—with its video games, trading cards, shows, movies and merchandise—has generated billions in revenue Gregory Wakeman - Freelance Writer “Pokémon” creator Satoshi Tajiri was inspired by ...
TechSpot

Microsoft is using NPUs to automatically capture Xbox game highlights

In brief: Microsoft is still exploring ways to leverage NPUs for gaming. While AI-based image upscaling might be the most obvious implementation, the company is also attempting to turn Copilot into a ...
Gameranx

Crimson Desert Will Be Pearl Abyss’ First Game Without Microtransactions

Pearl Abyss is betting their game on even how they do business. Pearl Abyss has confirmed that Crimson Desert will not have microtransactions. Pearl Abyss’ marketing director Will Powers appeared in ...